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2024-07-10Ombudsman for Children expresses despair at situation facing children in care
On Monday, 8 July 2024, the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, expressed his despair at the last volume of case reports published by the Child Law Project. He has also expressed serious concern about the fact that the Child Law Project has not been re-commissioned, and fears that this indicates the shutting down of open communication between the courts and the public in relation to children in care.
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2024-07-10
OPCAT visits to ACT policing places of detention
The Commonwealth National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) and the ACT Ombudsman, as part of the ACT NPM, jointly monitor the conditions of detention in AFP and ACT policing facilities, to prevent the risk of torture or ill-treatment of detainees.
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2024-07-10
Defensora del Pueblo porteño firmó convenio de colaboración con Hecho en Buenos Aires
En el marco del trabajo que viene llevando a cabo el organismo en la defensa de los derechos de las personas que se encuentran en situación de calle, la Defensora del Pueblo porteño suscribió un acuerdo de cooperación con la Cooperativa de Trabajo “Aflora Hecho en Buenos Aires” con el objeto contribuir con la visibilización de la prestación de asistencia social que realiza esa organización.
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2024-07-10
European Regional President Reinier van Zutphen discusses migration and asylum issues in Warsaw
The National Ombudsman of the Netherlands and European Regional President, Reinier van Zutphen, visited Warsaw last week. The aim of the visit was to talk to Frontex. Over the past years there have been many disturbing signals about pushbacks of migrants at the EU borders which sometimes resulted in people dying. Several National Ombudsman have addressed this in their own countries.
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2021-10-25
New Chief Ombudsman appointed
Erik Nymansson has been appointed as the new Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman of Sweden. He started his position on 1 October 2021 and follows Elisabeth Rynning, whose term ended.
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2021-10-20
Ombudsman welcomes Venice Commission’s opinion on Health and Care Bill
The Venice Commission has found that proposals in the Health and Care Bill could undermine public trust in the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), and must be revised.
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2021-10-20
Protector of Citizens calls on citizens’ solidarity in combating Covid-19
Today, the Protector of Citizens, Mr. Zoran Pašalić, appealed to the citizens of the Republic of Serbia to show solidarity in the fight against Covid-19 by adhering to the prescribed measures and by getting vaccinated and urged the competent authorities that prescribe and implement protection measures to postpone all types of mass gatherings for some time.
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2021-10-20
La Défenseure des droits et la CNCDH appellent le gouvernement à mener une politique globale de lutte contre la pauvreté
En France, plus de 10 millions de personnes vivent en dessous du seuil de pauvreté, dont trois millions d’enfants. La crise sanitaire et les confinements successifs ont amplifié les phénomènes de précarisation, provoquant une aggravation des conditions de vie déjà dégradées pour les familles les plus pauvres et exposant de nouveaux publics à la pauvreté. Ainsi, en 2020, huit millions de personnes ont eu recours aux distributions alimentaires, le nombre de bénéficiaires du revenu de solidarité active (RSA) a augmenté de 7,5%, et des milliers d’étudiants connaissent la précarité et décrochent de leurs études.
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2021-10-18
Nuevo Síndic de Greuges de Barcelona
El síndic de greuges de Barcelona es, desde octubre de 2021, David Bondia. El defensor de la ciudadanía barcelonesa fue nombrado en el pleno del Consejo Municipal del 29 de septiembre de 2021. Tomó posesión del cargo el día 6 de octubre del 2021.
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2024-07-05
European Ombudsman asks Commission about delays in its handling of infringement complaints
The Ombudsman has put a series of questions to the European Commission about delays in how it handles complaints alleging infringements of EU law and how it communicates about infringement procedures.
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2024-07-05
The Parliamentary Ombudsman meets with the Director of the European Fundamental Rights Agency
The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Judge Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon, met with the Director of the European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), Ms Sirpa Rautio, to discuss the establishment of a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) in Malta.
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2024-07-05
Appointment of new Northwest Territories Ombud
Krista Carnogursky was appointed by the Legislative Assembly effective July 1, 2024, for a term of five years.
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2015-03-04Síndic de Greuges de Catalunya - Informe al Parlament - 2014 - CA
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2024-07-04
Whistleblowing on the rise, growing number of complaints
The last week of June marks World Whistleblower Day and Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says he is very heartened to know that people seem to feel more comfortable about reporting issues. In 2022/2023 the Chief Ombudsman received 128 protected disclosures and enquiries, which was an 80% increase from the previous year (with 71 received in 2021/22).
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2021-10-11
Building capacity to tackle the climate emergency
An NHRIs symposium held on the side-lines of COP26 from 3 - 5 November 2021 aims at providing a greater understanding of the climate regime to facilitate NHRI work to promote and support human rights within climate policy and climate accountability. The event will also be an occasion for NHRIs to discuss and consult on the monitoring and reporting tool on climate change and human rights, which is currently developed by GANHRI.
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2024-06-28
Defensoría del Pueblo anuncia implementación de nuevas sedes en zonas de frontera para atención de derechos de migrantes
Con ocasión de conmemorarse el Día Mundial del Refugiado, el defensor del pueblo, Josué Gutiérrez, hizo el 20 de junio de 2024 dos importantes anuncios que tendrán un efecto favorable en la defensa de los derechos de la población refugiada y migrante. Por un lado, informó que la Defensoría del Pueblo implementará próximamente cuatro nuevas sedes en los puntos de atención ubicados en las zonas de frontera terrestre.
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2024-06-28
Declaración institucional del Ararteko con motivo del Día del Orgullo LGTBI
El Ararteko se suma a la celebración del 28 de junio por el día del Orgullo LGTBI, recordando la importancia de que, en una democracia avanzada y de calidad, todas las personas puedan vivir, sentir y amar libremente, ejerciendo en igualdad de condiciones todos sus derechos, sin ser discriminadas por razón de su orientación sexual o identidad de género.
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2024-06-28
Celebrating 15 Years of Fairness, Looking Forward
Toronto’s Ombudsman says 2024 marks 15 years of success for his office in solving problems with City services for the people of Toronto. In his annual report released on 21 June 2024, Ombudsman Kwame Addo notes that to date, the office has handled more than 31,000 individual complaints from members of the public.
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2024-06-28
Ombudsperson report calls on BC government to address systemic mismanagement in temporary assignment hirings
Awarding temporary public service jobs to 64 ineligible people over a 10-year period represents systemic mismanagement and wrongdoing by BC’s Public Service Agency, Ombudsperson Jay Chalke said on 24 June 2024. In a public report delivered under the Public Interest Disclosure Act, BC’s whistleblowing legislation, Chalke said his office’s investigation showed this practice had a variety of negative effects.
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2021-10-01
Outgoing Ombudsman calls for review of Ombudsman Act
Outgoing Ombudsman Peter Tyndall has called for a review of the Ombudsman Act. Speaking today [30 September 2021] at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Petitions, the Ombudsman said that the legislation, which dates back to 1980, should be replaced with a more modern, fit for purpose alternative, in line with the United Nations endorsed Venice Principles - the global standard for public service Ombudsman institutions.